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Places to Railfan in central New Jersey

JdevleerjrJdevleerjrOGR Forum Member
My family will be heading to Burlington NJ from Feb 4th to Feb 10th. I will have a few days to go off on my own with my camera and do some rail fanning and other photographic journeys. I usually go to Strasburg and would love to see them steamers in the snow but they will be closed then.

Is Steam Town worth visiting? Their website doesn't show any excursions that week.

I really would like to get shots of moving trains, and as much as I want to photograph steam trains modern engines would be fine also. Horseshoe curve seems to be closed to visitors for the season then.

I am willing to drive up to 3 or 4 hours away to get some great shots.
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Kent LoudonKent LoudonOGR Forum Member
A visit to any place on the Northeast Corridor would be fruitfull. I suggest Princeton Jct - you might take a ride on the "Dinky" just for fun, and the ticket would give you a legitimate reason to be on the platform.

After you get one Long Distance train, one Northeast Regional, one Acela, one NJT MU set and one NJT Push-pull, you can head somewhere else.

Unless there's something running, Steamtown is a long haul just to look at dead motive power. But there's a chance Delaware-Lackawanna might be operating an ALCO-powered haul that day, although their RS3's are layed up for the winter.
DavePDavePOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
A good spot not far from Princeton is Hopewell at the old Reading railroad station. From there you could probably catch the Black River & Western going through its motions in Flemington/Ringoes. If you're daring, there is the junction in Bound Brook where the afore mentioned Reading, Lehigh Valley and Central Jersey railroad lines all meet. Lots of NJ Transit, CSX, NS traffic at that point.
prrhorseshoecurveprrhorseshoecurveOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
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Is Steam Town worth visiting? Their website doesn't show any excursions that week.

No need to go all the way up to scranton. Nw hop up state highway 29 and cross over in lambertville, NJ usually has weekend excursions. plus there is a lot of shopping for the mrs. Wink

take state road 202 northeast to ringoes and pick up the black river and western there too! Wink
Tim O'MalleyTim O'MalleyOGR Forum Member
Early February is the equivalent of a dead zone for steam action. Strasburg begins their season over President's day weekend, on Feb 18. Steamtown will start yard operations on April 28, with mainline trips beginning late June. This is not unusual. One has to plan his trips around the trains, not the other way around.
That is, if he would like steam. Steam trains are special events in the 21st Century. They are not hold-overs from a bygone era.
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